IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE RIVERSIDE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN ADDIS ABABA IN THE CASE OF ATLAS

Abstract

Riverfront development is one of the city's megastructure projects that refers to any development along a riverside or bodies of water. Water contamination from industrial wastewater disposal is becoming a major environmental hazard in Addis Ababa and its surrounding regions. The study's goal is to look at the project's social, economic, and environmental elements. Riverside projects provide various advantages, including improved environmental and water quality, tourism prospects, improved social services, and more social engagement in society. The study used a qualitative research method. Structured open-ended and close-ended purposeful interviews, secondary data, and observations were employed in the study. Purposive sampling is used to pick 50 respondents from several concerned sectors. As a result, the purpose of this research is to assess the project's social, environmental, and economic elements and to make suggestions for the project's future. This study concludes with various future research proposals. The well-being of society is a significant value for one country in these sorts of megastructure projects. The local government must respect the demands of citizens by not moving but rather offering standard living space; transferring people destroys the community's history, identity, and well-being. Related literature research was done to compile a list of factors pertinent to the entire investigation.